Projected Lineups for Kings vs Penguins – 11/9/25

The Los Angeles Kings take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at the PPG Paints Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

KINGS (6-5-4) at PENGUINS (9-4-3)

2 p.m. ET; FDSNW, SN-PIT, SN1, TVAS

Kings projected lineup

Joel Armia — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Andrei Kuzmenko — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Warren Foegele — Alex Turcotte — Corey Perry

Mikey Anderson — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin — Cody Ceci

Anton Forsberg
Darcy Kuemper

Scratched: Jacob Moverare, Samuel Helenius, Jeff Malott

Injured: None

Status report

Foegele is expected to return after missing five games with an upper-body injury.

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Penguins projected lineup

Bryan Rust — Sidney Crosby — Ben Kindel
Tommy Novak — Evgeni Malkin – Anthony Mantha
Joona Koppanen — Kevin Hayes — Ville Koivunen
Danton Heinen — Blake Lizotte — Connor Dewar

Parker Wotherspoon — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea — Kris Letang
Ryan Graves — Connor Clifton

Sergei Murashov
Arturs Silovs

Scratched: Mathew Dumba, Harrison Brunicke, Philip Tomasino

Injured: Rickard Rakell (hand surgery), Rutger McGroarty (upper body), Caleb Jones (lower body), Justin Brazeau (upper body), Noel Acciari (upper body), Tristan Jarry (lower body), Filip Hallander (blood clot)

Status report:

Murashov, a 21-year-old rookie, could make his first NHL start after Silovs made 23 saves in a 2-1 shootout loss at the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.

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